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Haha for sure ezio..I only brought it yesterday, it's one on my 2 grails, I have been working extremely hard, hence why I've been missing from the forum.... Anyways....I'm happy! [emoji3] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey, I've seen that dial before...

Fun, no drama kind of daily beater watch today...

Thanks ! After let it dry few hours... Test on my Cartel 5512/13 case Next step, prepare hands and lume. I need advices for hands. Silver or gold ? I assume these 5513 gilt dials were accompanied by silver hands but I'm not an expert.

1962 “El Corniño” pcg gilt 1675 We watch collectors admire and fantasize over the minute details of vintage timepieces, particularly Rolexes (or Panerai): brownish tropical dials, creamy, puffy lume, yellowed tritium, perfectly faded bezels exposed to harsh seawater and burning suns. We dream of finding that vintage, gilt, tropical 5513 Submariner with some faded caseback engraving of historical significance belonging to a Special Forces or Comex Diver, still stored away in an old metal box. We imagine that gilt dialled 1675 with the faded Pepsi bezel, that belonged to the PAN AM Captain of a Boeing 707 and has been all over the World. Maybe it belonged to an Africa Explorer and Photographer and accompanied him on his solitary National Geographic missions in the beaten up Series II Land Rover: deep into the wild Congo and up the Zambeze to the Victoria Falls, following Livingstone´s epic journey. We imagine us wearing it, dig to discover the story behind that comes with it, visualize all the places it has been to and the events it was present to. On the hard side of real life we also wonder, if it will work at all and possibly worry about the gen parts being truly gen. Than one day RWG comes along, with all the fantastic builds around and, after a while, You realize it might be much simpler to collect some gen parts, maybe get a 1655 rep (there are the 1675 and 16570 options), have it´s caseset reshaped by RolexAddict and everything nicely fitted, so it will be exactly as You wanted it to be. So this is a link to what I was looking for: http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=352553 And another: http://www.hqmilton.com/watches/1963-rolex-gmt-1675-pcg-gilt-chapter-ring-dial-with-box-and-papers And a review I used for research and this text: http://www.woundforlife.com/2015/03/13/under-the-loupe-rolex-gmt-master-1675/ And after seemingly endless reading, researching, digging, dreaming, hoping, with some luck and persistance “Never give up, never surrender” this is what I gotJ: The argentinian 1962 “El Corniño” pcg gilt 1675 First let me say, that this is one of the most iconic and beautiful watches I have ever owned. Not just any 1675. Between all of the variations GMT-Master, it´s this early successor of the bakelite- bezeled reference 6542, that speaks to me the most. It has been a grail watch for a long time, so sometimes You just have to walk that extra mile to get it. First introduced in 1959, this is the pcg, gilt 1675. Nicknamed the “El Corniño” by collectors for its horn-like appearance (from El Corno in Spanish meaning the horn or the Bull´s horn, with the diminutive added “Little Horn” like Little Bighorn, Custer´s Last Stand) it features a curved profile that points towards the crown. The Corniño lasted only from 1959 to 1965/1966, making it a rarity in today’s market, while the 1675 would be produced for 21 years until 1980, a testament to its real world functionality and timeless design. The combination of blue, red and gold against the black, discontinued, Yuki gilt dial works amazingly well. RA´s caseset reshaping is just fantastic. The drilled lugholes add to the flair and with the beautifully, naturally faded gen Pepsi-insert/gen GMT bezel assembly/gen plexi/gen crown, it looks truly as if it aged magnificently. If I was a one watch guy this would be it. I´ll let the pictures speak for themselves. Plexiglass with cyclops and black hole effect 5.3mm twinlock crown Aged, yellowed dwo Small, red GMT hour hand GMT bezel assembly (necessary on the 1655) faded, semi-ghost Pepsi insert Drilled lugholes, gen-spec lugbars Gold (gilt) dial imprints, no hyphen between OYSTER PERPETUAL, even earlier issues of the 1675 had the rare OCC (OFFICIAL CERTIFIED CHRONOMETER) lettering, while this 1962 issue reads SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED, the SWISS <T25 instead of SWISS only makes it looking like an early argentinian issue Calibre 1565 (stamped 1560 with added GMT function); this had to be replaced by a 2836-2 with GMT function, contrary to gen the GMT hand can be set independently being more functional Correct handstack for the 1675 Flat caseback 7836 stamped folded bracelet with 358 end links (this would belong to a 1969 GMT 1675 from my research). On the hunt for a 62510 Jubilee, the 62510H/550 would fit as well. For all those wondering: Is it worth it? Yes, just do it, You will be amazed. It´s not for the faint-hearted, nor for those in a hurry, it´s very rewarding once You´ve got it. Someway it took me 2 years to get here. Thanks all for reading and thanks to past and present members for reviews, hints and tips, pictures and the history of it:)

Hello from paradise! Not afraid to Dive deep with this one. Salt water should add some nice patina to the outside of the brass bezel.

Yes, it is one of 'his' dials...

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Hi, I´ve tried both silver and gilt hands and the gilt ones are so amazing under different lighting conditions/ reflections in the sun or semi-glare in the dark I never went back. As for period correct the objective often is to re-build it as it left the factory. In real life (and in our case out of budget reasons) I often just jump the step and fit whatever is at hand. This is what a watchmaker in the sixties or seventies/eighties in some remote african location or tropical island would had done: attach the hand/ the crown or the plexi that was available, not the one from the RSC center. Even RSC centers started attaching the thick GMT-hour hand to early 6542 or 1675 GMT-Masters that use the small GMT-hour-hand if serviced. It´s only in modern times that because of the value these pieces are retro-fitted again:) To bring the decal-dials yet to another level they´d need a puffy, creamy relume to give them that depth of 3-D effect. Below 2 samples with silver and with gilt hands, home-relumed with a mixture of acrylic white/raw sienna/yellow ochre and Nescafé/lume powder. Some day these will get the Athaya-crown attached, by now I go with the above philosophy (have the crown, just didn´t want to break the stem and destroy the tube - if it needs drilling and retaping I´m stuck and they just work relentlessly well as they are). What fascinates me about Your project is it opens limitless possibilities for special editions/ tropical vintage pieces... it´s mindblowing:) and silver

Promising news A, this has been years in the making!

Thanks Guys:) About the thickness I read quite a lot but thinking of the AP 15400 reps thickness I don´t quite follow it for this one. It sits low and slim on the wrist. While the 16700 GMT is extremely thin at 11.8 mm and the other 16700´s series are only 12,4mm the 1675 GMT-Master is given with Watch dimensions: Lugs inside opening: 20mm H: 47.5 mm - lug-to-lug W: 40mm bezel only (42mm L side of the bezel to the R edge of the crown) Thickness: 13.75 mm incl. cyclops on acrylic crystal. 12.75mm w/o cyclops from here: http://www.mkmotorsport.com/watches_GMT1675.htm In comparison with the calipers wrapped in paper I get: thickness 14,15mm incl. cyclops on acrylic crystal 13.35mm w/o cyclops at the exact center and 12.95mm if 1 cm to the side. This one has the flat caseback fitted that could even be slimmed down a bit if machined and the 0,5mm are negligible on the wrist and even of. As said the 16700 is visibly sleeker, a real 1675 haven´t tried it out and on pics it´s very close.

Feeling dutch today

Thank you Camaya, but I think for those interested this is the bible of it (found this morning): http://www.awci.com/wp-content/uploads/watch-tech-guides/venus/175-Tech.pdf

Man, I had to go back and look at old emails and old PM's from back in 2010, when I built my 1665. I bought the dial from flex who is a member here, back in 2010. This is a dial that was one of two that Freddie looked at for his 1665 build. according to him it was a really close choice between the dial in his 1665 and this one. I suppose if it was a close second for Freddie, it is indeed a very nice dial. I believe that from and old PM conversation with Flex, this was an NDT dial, but I would have to ask him or Freddie to be sure. According to flex, these dials were "the rarest of the rare". What will seem strange to some, I bought this dial sight unseen, no photos, nothing, based on Freddie and Flex's descriptions!! At any rate the dial and all the rest of the components were sent up to Rob (Zeigmeister) who was the best of the best. Rob put the watch together for me. Sadly Rob left our ranks several years ago, retired and moved to and undisclosed location. He was the best and was and is sadly missed.

Might run across one on eBay, search for 'TAG Heuer parts'. Since the watch appears to be high mileage (very high), a better bracelet would be nice too. Sometimes you can find a non running watch like the one pictured for a low price because it costs so much to repair them thanks to T/H ripoff parts prices. If it was mine, I would remove the battery, throw it in a drawer, and remember it fondly.